GOTCHA DAY JAN21ST 2013!!!

First off I have to Thank God for being with us thru this whole adoption!! He has been there in so many ways.And picking my precious daughter for me.and I must say he never makes mistakes! So we were ok when we first got up and then when it started to get closer to 2pm I must admitt I was getting a bit nervous.But all along God kept telling me everything will be fine.I would never give you more than you can handle this is your daughter.and I must say he gave me the perfect little girl. As we rushed to the Civil Affairs Office we were both quite nervous.We'll really three of us!Madison was so excited it was precious to see the love in her heart for her new sister. I tryed to explain to Madison how everything might not go as we'd like and if it didn't we  would show her love and she would grow to love and trust us.She said so she won't like me mom? I said of course she will Madison but you have to understand all she is going thru today and just be patient. We'll when we arrived and anxiously looked around the room and didnt see her we had our guide ask if she was here yet? She was not!This was not a surprise to me because she had to travel three hours I kinda expected her to be late.So I ask my guide if she would be getting off those elevators and he said yes right there!So Me ,Madison Noah and Gene sat right on the bench in front of the elevator so we would get the first glimpse of her as she came in. Everytime the elevator would start coming up Madison would start yelling GET THE CAMERA READY DAD!!GET THE CAMERA READY!! Soon Noah joined in!Others probaly thought we were crazy but we just couldnt wait!There were several false alrarms before it was her.When the elevator came out she was just as precious as i thought and looked straight at me with the biggest smile ever! Then motioned for me to bend down so she could kiss me.IT WAS ALL OVER BY THEN!She was so excited and happy to meet her family!!But this girl is also so smart.She wanted to know where her GIGI and her MEI MEI were.We explained they were at home and can't wait to see her.She seem to feel more comfortable with me and Madison.But I've never seen Gene CRY at any of our other adoptions.He was overwhelmed himself!He said Lisa you did a great thing!! I said Gene God did a great thing by allowing us to parent such a precious littel girl!So immediately he begin hugging and playing with Aubrey trying to get her to bond with him .The guide told her we were going shopping because I wanted to make sure we had things she liked in the room!This precious girl loves to shop!She got very excited and said she wanted to take watches for all her friends!!Just a funny part if you know Gene!!So he immediately ask how much cheap watches would cost for her class!He was relieved when the guide told him three dollars a piece. This girl was so so excited in the grocery store and loved getting candy and gum, a little white puppie and many other snacks she got excited over.God love her heart!Warmed mine to see the joy in her eyes! She was getting really tired and I could see she was trying to lean on things to rest so we ask if she wanted in a stroller we were buying for Noah and she said no for babies.But I finally talked her into riding in the cart so she could rest. She was happy and I knew she had to be exhausted from her big day! She looked around at our full cart and said my baba must have alot of money! We really didnt have anything expensive but she had never gotten to do this so it was a big deal to her. I explained your baba has a big heart! and thats what's important!She was smiles the whole night.Our wonderful guide David took us out to get Chinese and we decided to take it back to the room since everyone was so tired. I cried watching my precious girl eat so fast she was gagging herself.I tryed to reassure her know one would take it. Slow down so she didnt get choked. She is very patient and will share anything.She feed all of us some little crackers she got at the store.They were a little less than tasty but how do you turn her down.Except funny little Noah!If you know Noah you know he is super picky and will not try new things!We'll he excepted the first but then when she'd try and give him more he made a terrible face and would say no those are nasty.After super i fixed her shower water and she washed herself and her hair. But did so very quickly so I wanted to get her hair a bit better and she didnt mind at all. when she got out and dried off I had her  new undies and jammies. She approved and was so excited Madison had the same ones. So then they colored, played dinosaurs and watched a little tv. I could see she was very tired so we decided it was bedtime. I was a bit nervous becaause this is when most get scared and cry.NOT my precious!She hoped right up on the bed between Madison and , all smiles!!She has slept all night without a peep.God is so amazing!!Pics to follow.